Teenager sentenced for stabbing two other youths at party

Syracuse, NY - A Syracuse teenager was sentenced today to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison for stabbing two other youths during a house party in Manlius earlier this year.

Kevin Ranzinger, 17, of Butternut Street, had pleaded guilty to two felony counts of second-degree assault in connection with the incident.

He was accused of stabbing two other 17-year-olds during a party at a home on Manlius Center Road Feb. 25. The two victims were treated at Upstate University Hospital for non life-threatening injuries.

State Supreme Court Justice John Brunetti ordered Ranzinger to pay about $1,500 in restitution and granted him youthful offender treatment, removing the felony conviction from his record and sealing the case file.

Assistant District Attorney Robert Moran had opposed granting Ranzinger YO treatment given the nature of the incident and the fact there were two victims stabbed.